A FATHER and daughter charged with assaulting investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre in an East Molesey restaurant last year will appear at Guildford Crown Court in June.

James Wild, 47, of Isis House, Bridge Wharf, Chertsey, and Caley Wild, 23, of Peregrine Road, Sunbury, appeared at Staines Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday accused of attacking the TV personality and his wife Ameera.

The charges relate to an incident at the Cloud 9 bar in Bridge Road, East Molesey, on Wednesday, June 17 last year.

Mr Wild is charged with assaulting a person involved in the investigation of an offence, assault occasioning actual bodily harm against Mr MacIntyre and common assault against Mrs Macintyre.

Miss Wild is charged with assaulting a person involved in the investigation of an offence, and common assault against Mr MacIntyre.